Autism-associated CHD8 controls reactive gliosis and neuroinflammation via remodeling chromatin in astrocytes.

ABSTRACT: Reactive changes of glial cells during neuroinflammation impact brain disorders and disease progression. Elucidating the mechanisms that control reactive gliosis may help us to understand brain pathophysiology and improve outcomes. Here, we report that adult ablation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-associated CHD8 in astrocytes attenuates reactive gliosis via remodeling chromatin accessibility, changing gene expression. Conditional Chd8 deletion in astrocytes, but not microglia, suppresses reactive gliosis by impeding astrocyte proliferation and morphological elaboration. Astrocyte Chd8 ablation alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation and septic-associated hypothermia in mice. Astrocytic CHD8 plays an important role in neuroinflammation by altering the chromatin landscape

SUBMITTER: Megagiannis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12283109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature